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3/05/2015

SharePoint 2013 Search File Extensions

Just a simple list of file extensions that have some kind of default support in the SharePoint 2013 Search Service.

FH = SharePoint 2013 has a File Handler and can index the content of this file.FT = Is included in the default on premises File Type List.365 = Is included in the Office 365 / SharePoint Online File Type List. (as of 3/5/15)

Extension

FH

FT

365

Type

MimeType

.ascx

x

x

ASP.NET Control

.asm

x

x

ASP Web Service

.asp

x

x

ASP web page

.aspx

x

x

ASP.NET web page

.csv

x

x

Comma separated values

.cxx

x

x

.def

x

x

.doc

x

x

x

Microsoft Word

application/msword

.docm

x

x

x

Microsoft Word

application/vnd.ms-word.document.macroEnabled.12

.docx

x

x

x

Microsoft Word

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wor...

.dot

x

x

x

Microsoft Word

application/msword

.dotm

x

Microsoft Word

application/vnd.ms-word.template.macroEnabledTemp...

.dotx

x

x

x

Microsoft Word

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wor...

.eml

x

x

x

Email Message

message/rfc822

.gif

x

x

x

Graphics Interchange Format

image/gif

.html

x

x

x

Web Page

text/html

.infopathml

x

Microsoft InfoPath

text/xml

.jpg

x

JPEG

image/jpeg

.jsp

x

x

Java server page

.mht

x

x

x

Web Archive

multipart/related

.mhtml

x

x

Web page archive format

.msg

x

x

x

Outlook Item

application/vnd.ms-outlook

.nws

x

x

.obd

x

Microsoft Office Binder

application/vnd.ms-binder

.obt

x

Microsoft Office Binder

application/vnd.ms-binder

.odc

x

x

Office Data Connection File

.odp

x

x

x

OpenDocument Presentation

application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation

.ods

x

x

x

OpenDocument Spreadsheet

application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet

.odt

x

x

x

OpenDocument Text

application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text

.one

x

x

OneNote

application/msonenote

.pdf

x

x

x

PDF

application/pdf

.pot

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

.potm

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.template.macroEnabl...

.potx

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.pre...

.ppam

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.addin.macroEnabled.12

.pps

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

.ppsm

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.slideshow.macroEnab...

.ppsx

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.pre...

.ppt

x

x

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint

.pptm

x

x

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint.presentation.macroE...

.pptx

x

x

x

Microsoft PowerPoint

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.pre...

.pub

x

x

x

Microsoft Publisher

application/x-mspublisher

.rtf

x

Rich Text

text/rtf

.txt

x

x

x

Text

text/plain

.vcf

x

vCard

text/x-vcard

.vcs

x

vCalendar

text/x-vCalendar

.vdw

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.visio

.vdx

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.visio

.vsd

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.visio

.vsdm

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.ms-visio.drawing.macroEnabled

.vsdx

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.ms-visio.drawing

.vss

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.visio

.vssm

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.ms-visio.stencil.macroEnabled

.vssx

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.ms-visio.stencil

.vst

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.visio

.vstm

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.ms-visio.template.macroEnabled

.vstx

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.ms-visio.template

.vsx

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.visio

.vtx

x

x

x

Visio

application/vnd.visio

.xlb

x

x

Microsoft Excel

application/vnd.ms-excel

.xlc

x

x

Microsoft Excel

application/vnd.ms-excel

.xls

x

x

x

Microsoft Excel

application/vnd.ms-excel

.xlsb

x

x

x

Microsoft Excel

application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.binary.macroEnable...

.xlsm

x

x

x

Microsoft Excel

application/vnd.ms-excel.sheet.macroEnabled.12

.xlsx

x

x

x

Microsoft Excel

application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spr...

.xlt

x

x

Microsoft Excel

application/vnd.ms-excel

.xml

x

x

x

XML Document

text/xml

.xps

x

Microsoft XML Paper Specification

application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument

.zip

x

x

x

ZIP Archive

application/zip

Notes:

SharePoint indexes all content in a site, even if not in the File Types list. You can search for any of the data in the columns of the library to find the file. For example you can search for "jpg" and find everything that has jpg in the filename, description, or other column. You can't search for the file using "filetype:jpg" though.

If the file extension is added to the File Types list then SharePoint treats the item as a "file" and you can then search using "filetype:jpg".

If the file extension is in the File Types list AND there is a Format Handler or iFilter then the content of the file will also be indexed.

You can dump the list of installed Format Handlers using this PowerShell script: